Unit 3 Make it happen! Starting out & Understanding ideas (reading) 课件 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕“发明创造”主题，涵盖发明重要性、源于问题的发明、发明家品质及好奇心等核心知识点。课堂导入通过对比古今生活视频（Life then and now）、展示发明图片，激活学生已知，结合指南针、轮子等实例，搭建从生活现象到发明主题的学习支架，引导理解发明对生活的影响。 其亮点在于多模态语篇（书面语篇、视频、图片）与任务驱动结合，以“A helping hand”语篇为例，通过速读概括、细读获取细节、故事山图复述培养语言能力；问题链设计引导学生概括伊斯顿乐于助人、坚持不懈等品质，提升思维品质。融入关爱他人价值观，增强文化意识。学生能提升语言运用和问题解决能力，教师可借助结构化活动和丰富资源优化教学效果。

Our school is holding a Science Festival. Let’s join in and show our ideas and explore the power of creativity! There are various kinds of activities for you. Stage 1: Best Advertisement Unit task Stage 2: Act Out - Stories Behind Inventions Stage 3: Speech- My Idea About Curiosity Stage 4: Display Board Design&Creation Stay curious, act now! 任务总体说明 1 Unit 3 Make it happen! Starting out & Understanding ideas (reading) P.34-38 第一、二课时 单元整体教学目标 第一、二课时教学目标 在本课学习结束后,学生能够: 通过速读,概括文章大意,梳理文章结构; 通过细读,获取少年伊斯顿发明假肢过程的细节信息; 根据故事山图的提示,复述文章主要内容; 概括少年伊斯顿乐于助人、慷慨无私、坚持不懈、富有创造力等优秀品质,理解生活中的许多发明创意源于对现实生活的观察和解决问题的过程。 单元教学目标: 1. 通过对比过去和现在生活的不同,谈论常见的发明创造,了解发明创造对人类生活的影响,激发对发明创造的兴趣和实践热情。 2. 了解发明者的发明创造历程,认识到有些发明创造的灵感源于对日常生活问题的解决,理解发明创造的产生过程及重要性。 3. 通过提取听力材料中的关键信息和复述主要内容,感悟发明家具有的优秀品质,培养广泛思考的能力和坚持不懈的精神。 4. 体会好奇心对于发明创造的重要作用,学会保持好奇心,培养勇于实践、敢于探索、坚持不懈的精神品质。 5. 综合运用单元所学语言表达和核心语法,制作一块展板,介绍一项发明的基本信息,发明者发明的过程,发明使用的材料及其工作原理,表达对发明创造的认识 。 教学目标 3 教学内容分析 语篇形态:多模态语篇 书面语篇 文本分析 What Why How 本文讲述了14岁学生伊斯顿 拉沙佩勒(Easton LaChappelle )因在科学展的经历,开启为肢体残障儿童研发低成本、适用机械臂的历程,最终成功并免费分享设计、帮助他人的故事 。体现了少年伊斯顿乐于助人、慷慨无私、坚持不懈、富有创造力等优秀品质,同时告诉我们,发明创造来源于解决问题的过程。 通过伊斯顿的故事,展现科技创新(3D打印等技术应用 )对解决社会问题(残障儿童昂贵假肢困境 )的作用,传递关爱他人的价值观,弘扬伊斯顿的创新精神和社会责任感,为社会树立正面榜样 ,激励读者关注社会需求并尝试用自身能力解决 。 本文属于记叙文,以时间为线索推进。按“遇珍妮受触动,科学展后研发(beginning) 16岁成果及不足(rising action) 23岁成功(climax) 免费分享设计(ending)”的顺序,清晰呈现伊斯顿研发机械臂的全过程,使故事发展脉络分明,读者易跟随理解 。全文使用一般过去时讲述故事,使用了a helping hand 这一一语双关的用法,既指代Easton发明的机械手臂,又表达他的发明为别人提供了支持和帮助,使故事的讲述更加生动。 课时语篇分析 主题和内容 写作意图 文本结构和语言修辞 5 8. What did Easton want to do with his invention, making money or helping people in need? 7. Did he meet problems while improving his invention? How did he deal with(处理) it? 6. Was his first invention good? Why or why not? 5. How did he come up with the idea? 3. What was special about the girl Jenny? 2. What happened at the science fair? 1. Where is the boy? 12. Where does an invention come from? 11. What can you learn from Easton? 10. What kind of person do you think Easton is? 9. How would Jenny’s life change with Easton’s invention? 学习理解 迁移创新 应用实践 设计意图:以英语学习活动观为依据,设计有层次性的问题链,引导学生对主题意义的理解。 第一、二课时问题链设计 a light bulb a ladder 设计意图:通过描述图片,快速引入单元话题。 1. What can you see in the picture? A light bulb. A ladder. A man with a computer. 2. What do these stand for? The light bulb could stand for the invention idea. The ladder could stand for the steps to make the idea come true. The man with the computer could stand for the person who makes it happen. We can also know we can make new inventions based on inventions made before. 3. Do you think inventions are important? Why or why not? Yes, because they can change our lives. Look and talk. If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ——Isaac Newton 如果我看得更远,那是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。 ——艾萨克.牛顿 设计意图:拓展相关知识。 设计意图:引导学生观察单元主图片,理解单元主题,并关注单元评价标准。 What are you going to learn in this unit? qualities of an inventor invention ideas from problems importance of curiosity Starting out 设计意图:引导学生对相关话题进行思考,激活学生已有的知识。 an ancient man a modern man 1. Who are they? 2. What do you know about the differences between the lives of ancient people and ours? New ideas and inventions. Science and technology. ... Look at the picture and answer the questions. Watch the video and answer: How many kinds of differences are mentioned? What are they? 6. The differences include homes, time, clothes, food, travel and safety. Level A:遮住字幕观看视频,并记录大意。 Watch again and fill in the blanks. differences Life then Life now homes People live in the wild. People live in houses. time When the sun rises, they get up. They have clocks to tell the time. clothes They only have simple clothes. They have lots of clothes to choose from. food The mother and children pick fruit from trees, and the father hunts for meat. They buy food from the market. They cook with gas or electricity. travel They go on foot. They can ride a bicycle, take the bus, drive a car or even fly. safety The father has to stand guard. There is a small fire to keep them warm. They just need to turn on the heater, turn off the lights and lock the door. _1_ _2_ _3_ _4_ _5_ _6_ _7_ _8_ _9_ _10_ _11_ _12_ Level A:遮住字幕观看视频,并记录相关信息。 Level B:带字幕观看视频,并记录大意。 How many kinds of differences are mentioned? What are they? 6. The differences include homes, clothes, food, travel and safety. Watch the video and answer: Watch again and fill in the blanks. differences Life then Life now homes People live in the wild. People live in houses. time When the sun rises, they get up. They have clocks to tell the time. clothes They only have simple clothes. They have lots of clothes to choose from. food The mother and children pick fruit from trees, and the father hunts for meat. They buy food from the market. They cook with gas or electricity. travel They go on foot. They can ride a bicycle, take the bus, drive a car or even fly. safety The father has to stand guard. There is a small fire to keep them warm. They just need to turn on the heater, turn off the lights and lock the door. _1_ _2_ _3_ _4_ _5_ _6_ _7_ _8_ _9_ _10_ Level B:带字幕观看视频,并记录相关信息。 Starting out New ideas and inventions. Science and technology. 设计意图:通过思考记录里的内容,了解古人和现代人生活方方面面的不同,引出发明创造的重要性。 材料支架引导学生思考 What are these great inventions? How have they changed our lives? the compass the wheel the computer the smart phone/ mobile phone They make our lives easier and more convenient. 设计意图:激活常用发明的相关词汇表达,为单元综合性任务的呈现做铺垫。 The compass has helped people find the right direction when they travel. The wheel has helped people move faster. The computer has helped people find information quickly. The mobile phone has helped people talk and share anytime, anywhere. $